About This Book
A short synopsis of each short story:
THIRTY SECONDS TO THE GROUNDÂ (A skydive gone really bad.)
 MY HUSBAND, MY HERO (A nursing home love affair.)
 GEEK OF THE ROAD (Believe it or not, the geek sometimes gets the girl.)
 FOR A CUP OF COFFEE
(Really, how much is a cup of coffee worth? For your sanity, sometimes quite a bit.)
 THE REAL MEANING OF A QUARTER
(One shiny little quarter can mean the difference between a good day, and a really bad one.)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
 DON'T GET TOO CLOSE
(A nursing home resident goes from down, to way up, to really down, in the space of a couple hours.)
 THE ONE WHO LOVES ME
(A little girl is the only one who knows who she should go live with.)
 GIRLFRIEND FOR MOTHER
(Sometimes a friend asked to help can become much more than a friend.)
WAITING TO DIE
(Since the 1918-1919 influenza mankind has feared return of the pandemic, an extraordinarily-mutated virus, that vicious creature that cannot be seen by the naked eye.)
VOICE FROM THE CONGREGATION
(A crippled girl's voice creates new life in a young couple's marriage.)
ONE DAY AT BOXELDER COVE
(A young red squirrel learns a whole lot about life and survival.)
 HE HAD IT COMING
(A boss gets murdered, and nobody, not his family, and not even one employee, is sorry.)
 INTO TILOVIA
(Nobody was helping the Tilovians; seven friends decide it's time somebody did.)
